Courier needed

[gti tim]

Can anyone recommend me a courier service? i need to send a parcel from residential address to residential address.

I used to use postvan.co.uk but they have disappeared. Looking for recommendations please as i dont know any others and don't really want to use parcel farce as they will undoubtedly lose/damage/steal my parcel or take weeks to deliver it.

If it helps it is to deliver computer parts weighing under 20kg from and to mainland uk addresses.

[BlackMagic *tree]

I've never had cause to complain with the service(s) I've received from both DHL and Initial City Link.

You can send via DHL by visiting Office World these days.

[V8mate]

BlackMagic *tree said:

You can send via DHL by visiting Office World these days.

And Staples

[gti tim]

V8mate said:

BlackMagic *tree said:

You can send via DHL by visiting Office World these days.

And Staples

not within 25 miles of me though sadly. ideally want home pick up as the wife can do it while i am at work!!

[Scraggles]

had stuff sent to me by city link, told the company of a specific day when would be in, no problem, except they never came and then tried to deliver for the next 2 days and was told that if I did not collect item on that friday it was going to be sent back to the owner

wasted 3 hours when was supposed to be working

as for DHL, when got my new PC, found that it had scuff marks and when took it apart found the internal chassis bent to such an extent that the drives had fallen out from their position

seems I was supposed to strip it down whilst the driver waited on the door, it looked ok on the outside and was chatting to a dhl driver who does work for my company from time to time, he admitted that they often had throw the parcel competitions at the depot and if a parcel got dropped, or bounced... too bad

[BlackMagic *tree]

Scraggles said:

Stuff about parcles

I'm sure there's good and bad in every service.
I personally have never had problems with Parcel Force or Royal Mail but I know lots of people do.

[Andy_sx]

Tim, where are you based? and where is the delivery too?

[gti tim]

item is located in lincs, pe11 postcode. needs to go to hull hu5 postcode

[fastfreddy]

Try Interparcel

http://www.interparcel.com/

They use DHL, UPS and Interlink depending on how fast you want it to get there and how much you want to pay.

They're effectively an agent but with better pricing than booking direct and I've used them a lot with great success. I've got accounts with FedEx/ANC, UPS and DHL but I often use Interlink to book and pay instead.

[andyquantum]

And if Interparcel isnt cheap enough, parcel2go.com

Still use DHL, stty Link, Fedex/BP etc

[gti tim]

andyquantum said:

And if Interparcel isnt cheap enough, parcel2go.com

Still use DHL, stty Link, Fedex/BP etc

£25 with interparcel, £64 with parcel2go.com!!

I only want to post a wii, wiifit and some games but they load the insurance so much its almost like they expect their staff to steal/lose/break it!!

[andyquantum]

Wow, usually been the other way around for me on similar services (2 day type)

[Broccers]

If you can guarantee people are in at both ends 9 - 5 we will do it for £ 15.00 inc vat upto 30 kg for this month only

(Look at max length and volumes tho)

www.sendmy-parcel.co.uk

[gti tim]

Broccers said:

If you can guarantee people are in at both ends 9 - 5 we will do it for £ 15.00 inc vat upto 30 kg for this month only

(Look at max length and volumes tho)

www.sendmy-parcel.co.uk

can guarantee collection but not delivery yet sadly. the bloke is awful at replying to email

[Broccers]

gti tim said:

can guarantee collection but not delivery yet sadly. the bloke is awful at replying to email

Get a work address for delivery and you have a solution (when he replies, obviously)

[wildoliver]

Parcel 2 go, up to 30kg, £7.00ish. £50 insurance as standard.

[gti tim]

wildoliver said:

Parcel 2 go, up to 30kg, £7.00ish. £50 insurance as standard.

just did this, but when you factor in extra insurance for up to £500 and then VAt, ceapest i am getting is over £30

[Broccers]

Does make laugh actually people quoting these sites as when you do factor in 24 hour delivery with a weight over 20kg and VAT the prices are way more than initially quoted.

If something is packaged correctly it doesnt need insuring. I've not had a lost parcel in 7 years.

[Scraggles]

ordered some stuff of the net last night, they use royal mail, 10 min walk to town to get the stuff, courier offices are in big towns, 1 or 1.5 hours drive depending if city link or dhl and has to be done in work hours

nothing like giving the customer options

[zcacogp]

I refer you to my thread of yesterday, here:

http://pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f...

And STRONGLY recommend that you avoid the one mentioned there.


Oli.